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From DNS to Web Fingerprints: Introducing DNSArchive Web Search
DNSArchive now goes beyond passive DNS history with a new Web Search feature that fingerprints websites—headers, CMS versions, linked assets, and more—for faster investigations and infrastructure mapping.
Introducing API Security: Access Control Protection
Announcing NOC’s API Security & Access Control: edge-level authentication, authorization, and abuse prevention to keep APIs fast and safe.
How a Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Content Delivery Network (CDN) Mitigate Protocol Attacks
How WAFs and CDNs work together to filter malicious traffic, distribute load, and maintain availability during protocol-layer attacks.
Proactive Website Security with Custom Honeypots — A NOC Feature
Use NOC Custom Rules to build honeypot URLs that only bots should touch—then auto-block scanners with stealth responses to keep attackers unaware.
eCommerce Security: Don’t Host Your Own Payment Pages or Forms
Why merchants should avoid hosting card payment pages and forms, and practical alternatives that reduce risk and PCI scope.
A Guide to Email Security for Domain Owners
A practical guide to SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS/TLS-RPT, and BIMI—how to publish DNS records, enforce alignment, monitor reports, stop spoofing, and improve deliverability.
Bringing a Domain to Life: Choosing Between Closed and Open Web Platforms
A practical framework for deciding between closed (SaaS) site builders and open (self-hosted) platforms—covering speed, cost, security, SEO, compliance, extensibility, and long-term portability.
Responding to Security Incidents – Incident Response Plan Basics and Log4Shell
A practical primer on building an incident response plan aligned to NIST CSF, using Log4Shell to walk through identification, prioritization, remediation, and communication.
Registries, Registrars and DNS
A clear primer on the roles of registries, registrars, and DNS—how they interact and what control you actually have over your domain.
Introducing DNS Archive (formerly DNSRepo)
DNS Archive—formerly DNSRepo—is a free network visibility tool powered by NOC’s global data: enumerate subdomains, find domains by IP, and more.
Securing WordPress in The Enterprise
Enterprise-focused WordPress hardening: access controls, file integrity, and limiting lateral movement, with practical server and application configurations.
WooCommerce Patches Two SQLi Vulnerabilities
Details on the 2021 WooCommerce SQLi fixes (core search and Blocks taxonomies), why they mattered, and how to protect stores—including virtual patching via WAF.
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